Page 24 2013 Art & Balloon Festival, August 30, 2013
Special edition of LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
First responders have tough decisions
in Anything Goes BBQ competition
Last year the Up in Smoke barbecue competition
added an Anything Goes competition to the mix,
and it turned out to be a very popular event.
This year the competition returned, and once
again the cooks of the Kansas City Barbeque
Society competition brought their best to the table
for area first responders.
In all, 13 teams competed in this year’s event.
The judging was divided into four tables with
five judges at each table. Judges consisted
of members from the city of Lincoln and
Lincoln Rural fire departments, Lincoln Police
Department, Logan County Sheriff’s Department,
Illinois State Police, and Logan County
Emergency Management Agency.
The KCBS provided one captain for each
table. Entries were judged on three criteria:
presentation, taste and sauce. In addition, each
entry was required to incorporate watermelon into
their presentation.
It took a lot of admiring of the artistry as well as a
lot of tasting, but in the end the judges made their
decisions and the winners were announced.
Pictures by Lisa Ramlow
In this year’s competition, the following entries
took top honors:
First place:
All in Que, with team
members John Laften and Judy
Woodard from Mason City
Second place:
Rip Tip Tuesday,
with team members Nic Safranek
and Tim Turrell from Bloomington
Third place:
Smoke Em if You Got
Em, with team members Ron Merritt,
Rick Freed and Chad Emberton of
Lincoln
